{"id":34111,"date":"2025-10-04T01:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/only-12-albums-have-spent-at-least-10-weeks-at-no-1-on-the-billboard-200-this-century-here-they-all-are\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T01:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:51:22","slug":"only-12-albums-have-spent-at-least-10-weeks-at-no-1-on-the-billboard-200-this-century-here-they-all-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/only-12-albums-have-spent-at-least-10-weeks-at-no-1-on-the-billboard-200-this-century-here-they-all-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 12 albums have spent at least 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this century &mdash; here they all are"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/68e039791c1f80efbec4eec5?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift performs &quot;I Can Do It With a Broken Heart&quot; during the Eras Tour in France.\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour.<\/p>\n<p>John Shearer\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Billboard 200 tracks the most popular albums every week in the US.<\/li>\n<li>Only 12 albums have spent 10 or more weeks at No. 1 on the chart so far this century.<\/li>\n<li>Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen both have three albums on the list, while Adele has two.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since 2000, only 12 albums have spent double-digit weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, widely considered the definitive weekly ranking of best-selling albums in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen have both had three albums spend 10 weeks or more atop the chart this century, more than any other artist. Adele has the second-most with two.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to see a complete list of the chart&#039;s longest leaders in chronological order.<\/p>\n<p>1. &quot;Fearless&quot; by Taylor Swift<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/68da92cd1c1f80efbec47d3f?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift Fearless original album cover\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift&#039;s sophomore album, &quot;Fearless,&quot; was released in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor Swift&#039;s sophomore album spent 11 weeks at No. 1 and was certified diamond by the RIAA. It&#039;s still known as the most-awarded country album of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to &quot;Fearless,&quot; the top-charting album of the millennium was Usher&#039;s &quot;Confessions,&quot; which reigned at No. 1 for nine weeks.<\/p>\n<p>2. &quot;21&quot; by Adele<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/595a76957ba1360fc679e1ed?format=jpeg\" alt=\"adele 21\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Columbia Records<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adele&#039;s sophomore LP spent a whopping 24 weeks at No. 1, the biggest nonconsecutive sum for any album by a woman.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;21&quot; won album of the year at the Grammys and was later crowned the top-performing album in the history of the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p>3. &quot;Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)&quot; by Various Artists<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/64c182bc9440b70019269ff8?format=jpeg\" alt=\"frozen soundtrack\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Walt Disney<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&quot;Frozen&quot; spent 13 weeks at No. 1, the most of any film soundtrack since &quot;Titanic&quot; in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>4. &quot;1989&quot; by Taylor Swift<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6167896a41af0d00193e93cc?format=jpeg\" alt=\"taylor swift 1989 album cover\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift&#039;s fifth album, &quot;1989,&quot; was released in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swift&#039;s fifth studio album spent 11 weeks at No. 1 and went on to win album of the year at the Grammys, becoming Swift&#039;s second win after &quot;Fearless.&quot; (She has since won four times, more than anyone else in history.)<\/p>\n<p>5. &quot;25&quot; by Adele<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/62e82113b6ad030018362588?format=jpeg\" alt=\"adele 25 album cover\"\/><figcaption>&quot;25&quot; was released in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adele&#039;s third album spent 10 weeks at No. 1. It also won album of the year at the Grammys, beating Beyonc\u00e9&#039;s &quot;Lemonade.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>6. &quot;Views&quot; by Drake<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/585c1f09dd0895647f8b4942?format=jpeg\" alt=\"drake views album\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Young Money<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drake&#039;s fourth studio album spent 13 weeks at No. 1, besting Adele&#039;s &quot;25&quot; for the top-charting album of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>7. &quot;Dangerous: The Double Album&quot; by Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/64c182bc9440b70019269ff4?format=jpeg\" alt=\"morgan wallen dangerous the double album\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Big Loud\/Republic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Morgan Wallen&#039;s second studio album spent 10 consecutive weeks at No. 1, becoming just the third album in history to spend its first 10 weeks atop the chart, joining Whitney Houston&#039;s &quot;Whitney&quot; (1987) and Stevie Wonder&#039;s &quot;Songs in the Key of Life&quot; (1976).<\/p>\n<p>8. &quot;Un Verano Sin Ti&quot; by Bad Bunny<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/637519fa807d55001800debc?format=jpeg\" alt=\"un verano sin ti bad bunny\"\/><figcaption>&quot;Un Verano Sin Ti&quot; was released on May 6, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Rimas Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bad Bunny&#039;s fourth studio album spent 13 weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Un Verano Sin Ti&quot; was ranked among Business Insider&#039;s best albums of 2022 and nominated for album of the year at the Grammys, but lost to &quot;Harry&#039;s House&quot; by Harry Styles.<\/p>\n<p>9. &quot;SOS&quot; by SZA<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/6398b446a3bebb0018b43cf7?format=jpeg\" alt=\"SZA SOS album cover\"\/><figcaption>&quot;SOS&quot; was released on December 9, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Sannwald\/RCA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SZA&#039;s sophomore album spent 10 weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;SOS&quot; was the first R&amp;B album by a woman to achieve the feat since Mariah Carey&#039;s self-titled debut in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>It later returned to the top for three more weeks.<\/p>\n<p>10. &quot;One Thing at a Time&quot; by Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/64c182ba9440b70019269fef?format=jpeg\" alt=\"morgan wallen one thing at a time album cover\"\/><figcaption>\n<p>Big Loud\/Republic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Morgan Wallen&#039;s third studio album spent 19 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, surpassing &quot;Un Verano Sin Ti&quot; for the most weeks atop the chart this decade.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s also the biggest country album in the history of the Billboard 200; Garth Brooks previously held the record with &quot;Ropin&#039; the Wind,&quot; which reigned for 18 weeks in the early &#039;90s.<\/p>\n<p>Wallen&#039;s commercial success has come in spite of a string of controversies, including canceling concerts at the last minute, using a racial slur, and partying without a mask during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>11. &quot;The Tortured Poets Department&quot; by Taylor Swift<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/661f1b4620b15f0ff4289fe8?format=jpeg\" alt=\"taylor swift the tortured poets department deluxe album cover\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift&#039;s 11th album, &quot;The Tortured Poets Department,&quot; was released in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swift&#039;s 11th studio album spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1, the longest post-release run by a female artist since Houston&#039;s &quot;Whitney.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Tortured Poets Department&quot; joins Wallen&#039;s &quot;One Thing at a Time&quot; and Wonder&#039;s &quot;Songs in the Key of Life&quot; as the only three albums to spend their first 12 weeks in the chart&#039;s top position. (Wonder holds the record with a 13-week streak.)<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Poets&quot; later returned for five more weeks atop the Billboard 200 for a grand total of 17, the longest reign of Swift&#039;s career.<\/p>\n<p>12. &quot;I&#039;m the Problem&quot; by Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/68e03f645dbc4fd10daa320e?format=jpeg\" alt=\"I&#039;m the Problem Morgan Wallen album cover\"\/><figcaption>&quot;I&#039;m the Problem&quot; was released in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Big Loud<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wallen&#039;s fourth studio album, &quot;I&#039;m the Problem,&quot; spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour. John Shearer\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management The Billboard 200 tracks the most popular albums every week in the US. Only 12 albums have spent 10 or more weeks at No. 1 on the chart so far this century. 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